So let me get this straight, Judge Tomas ‘the tit‘ Norström, is asked to take on a case where the defendants are essentially arguing that copyright law is an obsolete pile of shit that’s been rendered meaningless by the digitization of information, and he doesn’t think that being a member of “the Swedish COPYRIGHT Association” is a slight conflict of interest? WTF?

To be fair, I can understand why the tit ruled against The Pirate Bay. He’s a legal type, after all, and legal types aren’t exactly known for their deep insight into modern technology. But legal types are known for understanding conflicts of interest, bias, perceived bias, and how being in a club with the lawyers representing the plaintiffs makes you un-fucking-fit to take the case!

I hope this guy can’t walk down the street for the next five years without being egged by pissed off swedish teenagers.

@H, honestly yeah, I’m surprised that a Swedish judge would fail to divulge that kind of obvious conflict of interest. I expect corruption from judges in banana republics and the U.S., but not European ones.

@Brian, it would be interesting to see whether US citizens believe that US law applies to other countries, or whether international law applies to the US.

Have you seen the pirate bay website. The legal threats section? multiple companies claim you need to shut down due to the DMCA. it really is quite comical as TPB points out that it has no authority what so ever in Sweden. I say let the circus continue .